On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:14, dwain wrote: > M Harris wrote: > > On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:04, dwain wrote: > >> I have done it both ways you have recommended and it still tells me the > >> file or directory does not exist. > > > > That's because the file or directory does not exist... I promise. > > > > ... also, something else you may want to look at (as posted above) if > > the spaces are real in the directory name you may need to backslash the > > directory name... for instance... > > > > mkdir my\ dir > > > > ... will make a directory in my home called "my dir" > > > > If I try to list the directory like this::: > > > > ls -al my dir > > > > it will fail with file or directory not found... however; try this:: > > > > ls -al my\ dir > > > > and whalla... finds it every time... > > There are no spaces in the directory names. the .icc file is in the > profiles directory in my home directory. I can navigate to that > directory, but for some reason the file is not found. I see it in > Konqueror. I have a tar file in the downloads directory. When I hover > over it, the file info pops up and says the type of file is a tar file. > So much for the windows thing, but I'm not argueing with you, I'm just > trying to understand this new operating system and I'm bound to ask some > pretty ignorant questions as I make the transition from Windows to > Linux. Please bear with me. The learning curve is very steep and I'm > trying to play catch up. > > I just did the ls -al profiles thing and it found two files in the > directory. One of them being the .icc file. Help me understand why > when I try to copy it to the RGB Profiles directory it can't be found?
Exact error message might help. It will complain if there is no source file that you want to copy or there is no destination file or directory. > Would maybe moving it help, or am I just whistling Dixie? -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
